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Los Angeles, California, USA
Thomas Montgomery Newman (born October 20, 1955) is an American composer, conductor, and orchestrator. He is best known for his film scores, earning accolades of six Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, two BAFTA Film Awards, and 15 Academy Award nominations. In a career that has spanned over four decades, he has scored numerous films including The Player (1992), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Little…
Known for
- Music by John Williams — Self - Composer2024
- The Sound of 007 — Self2022
- Allied Forces: Making 1917 — Self2020
- Score: A Film Music Documentary — Self2017
- Supernatural — Salinger2005
- Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes — Self1998
- The Oscars — Self1953
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Key facts
- Born
- Thomas Montgomery Newman , ( 1955-10-20 ) October 20, 1955 (age 70) , Los Angeles , California , U.S.
- Occupations
- Composer conductor orchestrator
- Years active
- 1979–present
- Spouse
- Ann Marie Zirbes ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2001 )
- Father
- Alfred Newman
- Relatives
- David Newman (brother) Maria Newman (sister) Randy Newman (cousin) Joey Newman (cousin) Lionel Newman (uncle) Emil Newman (uncle)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Family name
- Newman
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Father
- Alfred Newman
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Classic Brit Awards
- Field of work
- film score
- Image
- Thomas Newman.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- Commons category
- Thomas Newman
- date of birth
- 1955-10-20
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Song
- relative
- Lionel Newman
- start of work period
- 1984-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films scored by Thomas Newman
- different from
- Tom Newman
- name in native language
- Thomas Newman
- birth name
- Thomas Montgomery Newman
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Encyclopedic overview
Thomas Montgomery Newman (born October 20, 1955) is an American composer, conductor, and orchestrator. He is best known for his film scores, earning accolades of six Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, two BAFTA Film Awards, and 15 Academy Award nominations.
In a career that has spanned over four decades, he has scored numerous films including The Player (1992), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Little Women (1994), Meet Joe Black (1998), American Beauty and The Green Mile (both 1999), Pay It Forward (2000), In the Bedroom (2001), Road to Perdition and White Oleander (both 2002), Finding Nemo (2003) and its sequel Finding Dory (2016), Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004), Cinderella Man (2005), WALL-E (2008), the James Bond films Skyfall (2012) and Spectre (2015), Bridge of Spies (2015), 1917 (2019), and Elemental (2023).
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